Happy Thursday, Christmas fanatics! Welcome to the fourteenth official installment of “Another Christmas Story“!

This week, Mike Westfall of the always amazing, nostalgic, informative, and hilarious “Advent Calendar House” will read to all of you Chapter Thirteen of our tale, entitled “Christmas Time is Here”. Within this chapter, we switch back to the perspectives of Aaron Rankin and his classmates on their Christmas Eve field trip to New York City!

We hope you like it! If you do, make sure to share this episode and our website, upon which the text of this installment is posted, to get it in front of as many eyes as possible! Make sure to check your podcast feeds for your regular weekly episode on Monday, in which the elves cover the 2016 holiday film, “Almost Christmas”, and next Thursday for the fourteenth official chapter of this story – “Chapter Fourteen: Santa Claus is Comin’ to Town”, which Kendall Farrae of “For Forks Sake” will be reading to you! In it, we switch back to the points of view of college students Elizabeth Meyer and Noah Clarke as they traverse Manhattan to find the perfect Christmas story for NYU’s streaming website!

Happy Monday, Christmas Fanatics! And welcome to the final official episode of April! Can you believe that? We are officially a third of the way through the year! Time is flying!

This week, journey with the elves back to the wonderful world of Rankin/Bass to discuss the 1968 holiday special, “The Little Drummer Boy”! As is always the case when the hosts cover a Rankin/Bass special, opinions are all over the place with this one, with one elf defending the special, one elf enjoying it more than the other Rankin/Bass specials previously covered, and one absolutely hating it. Meanwhile, opinions voiced by our listeners are on opposite ends of the spectrum – people either really enjoy it, or really dislike it; there doesn’t seem to be middle ground!

Discussed in this episode are the racist stereotypes perpetuated by character designs and historical (in)accuracy in this special; the origins of the traditional carol version of “The Little Drummer Boy”; Apple’s recent unveiling event; Michael Keaton’s officially announced return to the role of Batman in the upcoming “The Flash” movie; some fascinating Disney trivia that Anthony learned in a recent episodes of one of his favorite podcasts, “Dis-Order: Every Disney Film“; and much, much more! All of it together makes for a fun, fascinating episode you want to be sure you don’t miss!

Enjoy, y’all! And keep your eyes on your feeds this upcoming Thursday for the next installment of “Another Christmas Story” – Chapter Thirteen, which will be read to you by the awesome and always hilarious Mike Westfall of “Advent Calendar House“!